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In the first meeting between the Shawnee Heights girls and Basehor-Linwood, the game went down to the final second before Audrey Schulte hit a game-winning 3-pointer to give the T-Birds a one-point United Kansas Conference victory.
Shawnee Heights freshman KK Emmot (1) scored 17 points to lead the way in the T-Birds' 55-51 UKC win over Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The finish of Tuesday's rematch wasn't quite as dramatic, but it was still a nailbiter all the way, with the T-Birds pulling out a 55-51 win at Heights.
"During the first game, we lost our composure in the first half,'' Shawnee Heights coach Bob Wells said. "(The Bobcats) like to play a really physical style of game and really get out and defend and deny and I don't think our girls were believers at the time of how hard they were going to play on defense so we were down like 14 at halftime.
"This game our girls kind of bought in to, 'Hey, this is going to be a battle and we better have our composure ready.' We lost our composure a few times but we got it right back and I'm really proud of them.''
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By his own admission, Shawnee Heights boys basketball coach Ken Darting has never been overly quick to pass out compliments.
Senior Brennon Dodge scored a game-high 17 points in Shawnee Heights' 59-41 UKC romp past Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
But given his high standards, the Hall of Fame coach was almost effusive in his praise of his No. 9-ranked (Class 5A) T-Birds after Tuesday's 59-41 United Kansas Conference home romp past Basehor-Linwood, Heights' 10th win over its past 11 games.
"You don't hear me say this very often, but I'm really, truly pleased,'' Darting said. "We've got a ways to go, but we're playing in the best 5A league in the state. We're going to have three or four or our teams in the state tournament and we've beat all of them except Piper so we're playing good and you can't beat that.''
Now 10-3 overall and 7-2 in the UKC, Shawnee Heights trailed Basehor-Linwood (6-7, 4-6) 16-14 at the end of the first quarter and the Bobcats led by a slight margin much of the second quarter before the T-Birds used a 15-3 run at the end of the second quarer and start of the third to take control and never looked back.
Shawnee Heights went on to lead by 20 points in the third stanza and 21 in the fourth.
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Sophomore Cody Spangler's perfect 300 game was the highlight of a dominating performance by Washburn Rural's boys and girls bowling teams in Monday's Topeka High triangular at Gage Bowl.
Spanger recorded his 300 game in his second game Monday on the way to a 679 three-game series and a second-place individual finish behind teammate Loran Glinka, who took individual honors with a 729 series as the Junior Blues won the team title by a 2,752-2,470 margin over Shawnee Heights.
Junior Logan Glinka earned top individual honors in Monday's Topeka High triangular with a 729 series. [File photo/TSN]
Glinka, a returning Class 6A state medalist (seventh place), rolled games of 259, 247 and 223 while Spangler sandwiched games of 186 and 185 around his perfect game.
Rural, the defending 6A team champ, also got a third-place finish from Tyler Faurot (657) and a fifth-place showing from Brennan Inloes (641) while Jackson Keller added a 588 series, including a final-game 225.
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The No. 3-ranked (Class 5A) Highland Park boys basketball team took a big step forward in the Meadowlark Conference title race Monday night, posting a 65-48 road win over No. 2 (4A) Atchison.
Junior Ja'Corey Robinson (23) scored 22 points Monday night as Highland Park improved to 10-1 with a 65-48 road win at Atchison. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Amari Taylor scored a career-high 20 points in Monday's 65-48 Highland Park win at Atchison. [File photo/TSN]
The Scots improved to 10-1 on the season overall and 4-0 in the Meadowlark with Monday's win while Atchison suffered its first loss after 10 straight wins. Atchison is 2-1 in the conference.
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Jaxon Cowdin
JAXON COWDIN, Topeka High
A junior, Cowdin won his third straight city one-meter diving title in last Thursday's city championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, dominating the event with a winning score of 207.85 while helping the Trojans finish third as a team. Cowdin is also the reigning Centennial League diving champion and placed 10th in Class 6A as a sophomore.
Brylee Meier
BRYLEE MEIER, Hayden
A 6-foot junior, Meier help No. 2-ranked (Class 3A) Hayden post three straight double-figure victories en route to the tournament championship in the Hiawatha Invitational. An All-Tournament selection, Meier led the 11-1 Wildcats in scoring in two of the three tournament games, including 17 points in Saturday's 55-45 win over Lafayette, Mo. in the tournament championship game. Meier also led Hayden with 14 points in a 58-25 first-round win over Jackson Heights.
Emma Mitchell
EMMA MITCHELL, Rossville
A 5-foot-11 senior. Mitchell reached the 1,000-point milestone for her career in Saturday's Jefferson North Invitational championship game, scoring 16 points as the third-ranked (Class 3A) Bulldawgs improved to 11-1 with an 87-39 over North. An Emporia State recruit, Mitchell was named to the all-tournament team after scoring 49 points in the Bulldawgs' three tournament games, with 17, 16 and 16-point outings.
